Nobody Walks

Listen. Um...

I had a great time sitting next to you on the plane.

Silver Lake, right?

Girl: "Every morning as I drive away

I am reaching back for you.

It is a helpless feeling,

this wishing, this wanting,

this knowing you will arrive

just minutes after I have gone."

Well, I thought that was really freakin' good.

Teacher: All right. All in favor of including this piece

in our spring issue, raise your hand.

Nearly unanimous.

And our author-- Kolt.

Sylvia Plath would be proud.

Congratulations.

Thanks, dude.

- Hi. - Hey.

- Um, hello. I'm Martine. - Hello.

- Hey. Hi. ( chuckles) - I'm Peter.

- Let me grab this for you. Come on in. - Thanks.

Julie can't wait to meet you.

What's making you feel so powerless?

I'm way too afraid

to even approach a woman that might be on my intellectual level.

I know what you're gonna say.

It's not 'cause I'm afraid she'll reject me.

I'm afraid I'll reject her.

Okay. Why is that?

You know, a lot of smart women think too much to look good

and talk too much to fuck well.

I feel like such an asshole saying these things to a woman.

I do get what you're saying, actually.

'Cause the movie comes out this week,

everyone's acting like I'm supposed to be excited, but I fucking hate it.

And I wish I could say it looks nothing like the script I handed them...

but they didn't change a goddamn line.

I just wrote something that isn't very good.

We're gonna need to stop.

Don't do this to me, Julie.

I will see you on Wednesday.

There's a lot of life that'll come out with the sound.

There's-- you know, like the bug's footsteps

or maybe his breath.

You know, what would it sound like if you could hear the bug's heartbeat?

Or, like, heartache. What would that sound like?

- ( Chuckles ) - You know?

Peter: Yeah.

All right. I think this'll be fun.

Martinez Yeah. I'm really excited.

Thank you so much for putting aside time to do this with me.

- Absolutely. - So you're working on, like,

a big studio movie right now?

I am, yeah. They're not picture-locked yet.

So you're in luck.

Hey, Peter, is this a take-from-the-fruit-bowl night?

Martine, this is Kolt. Kolt, Martine.

- Martinez Hi. - Hey.

What is a take-from-the-fruit-bowl night?

Oh, it just means that everyone's on their own for dinner.

Nobody's taken responsibility as of yet.

Peter: That's a maybe?

- Hey, David. - Oh hey, Kolt.

HEY-

I'm just getting out of here.

Crazy plans?

David: Just finishing up some things for Peter.

How about you?

Lots of homework?

Not really. I already did this history thing that's due Friday.

Well, it's good not to procrastinate.

Yeah.

I do anyway sometimes though.

Procrastinate.

Oh yeah, of course. I'm giving you advice I can't take, so--

- Eating bark in a tree. - Peter: Slow or fast?

Fast.

Wind, and also sand blowing in the wind.

Sounds that only ants hear.

Ah, need to be more specific.

- You know what? We'll come back to it. - Okay, gasping.

Sticky stuff.

Bowling pins.

Blood on pavement.

- Got it. - Really?

Hey, come on.

An old train.

Okay, um, bodies rubbing up against each other.

Okay. So people having sex?

Yes. But not like--

Okay. Good to know.

- Hi, Dad. - Hey, bud.

- Hey. - Hi.

Julie: Is she coming to eat? Where is she?

- Jet lag. - Is it gonna work out?

I think so, yeah. She's really sweet.

- Good. - I think she's really talented too.

Hey, who is in the pool house?

Her name is Martine

and she is a friend of my friend Miriam's,

and she needed Daddy's help.

- Hey, guess what. - What?

My poem got into lit mag.

Julie: Sweetness, that's fantastic.

- Did you call your dad? - Not yet.

Well, you know, he wrote poems before he wrote songs.

And maybe one day he will publish some of those poems,

and he can buy us a hot tub.

- Julie: Wanna get that? - Huh-uh, no.

- You sure? - Yeah. One of the kids will get it.

No, they won't.

They always let it go to the machine.

And you never check the machine.

-( Ringing continues) - Wait. I'm coming, I'm coming.

Hello?

- Hey, Avi. - ( chuckles )

No, I don't know where Sea Horse is. Hold on, let me check.

Koltl It's Avi on line one.

I don't want to talk to Avi, Peter.

Okay, why don't you tell him that yourself?

-( Beeps ) - Firm hand of a parent.

- Julie: Oh, so good. - ( snaps fingers ) Nailed it.

Get the arm in there.

- Julie: I gotta wash my face. - What?

- I have to wash my face. - All right, the TV's going back on.

Them's the rules.

- ( Crowd cheering on TV) - ( sneakers squeaking )

( echoing intensifies, crackling )

(mimicking popping I

Hey, where you going? Class is that way.

Oh, I'm not going.

You want a section? I don't read Science, Finance or Sports.

Yeah, I'll take Science.

So, um, how's it going with David?

Hmm?

Oh. Um, it's complicated.

I mean, there's definitely chemistry, you know?

But the age difference.

And he works for Peter, so--

I think we're both just...

a little afraid of where it could go, you know?

Well, it's good to be cautious.

You have plenty of time.

We're only, you know, 16.

I hate it when people say that.

I don't know. What do you think?

Look, sir, we don't need a pool cleaning.

The pool is clean.

- I'm looking at it right now. - David.

No, you know what?

Just forget it. You're crooks anyway.

My assistant. He's a good guy.

Dusty's been upset about this dead lizard

that's been clogging the drain for like a week now,

and I don't think the issue's worth $600.

Peter: This is our guest Martine. She's the bug auteur.

- It's nice to meet you. Excuse me. - ( water splashes )

I love that guy.

Every time we don't have a big job going on,

he just tries to fix what's broken in life.

My life.

Okay, what's next? Chimes?

And that is the power of directional microphones.

They're kind of like magic wands.

Here, come on. I want to show you something.

All right, just lay down right here.

Keep the headphones on.

Close your eyes.

You tell me-- what do you think you're hearing?

- All right? - Okay.

- ( Cars passing ) -( rhythmic noise)

I don't know. That sounds like...

a concert, but far away.

It's the highway.

With those mountains in the back,

it echoes through the entire canyon.

- Wanna do another one? - Yeah.

Close your eyes.

Okay, what about this one?

That sounds like wind going through trees.